Lane Kiffin on USC's RB logjam: 'It's one of those situations where everybody can't be happy'

** Kiffin said he hasn't decided on a starting tailback yet, even though senior Marc Tyler seemed to seize the job with a 113-yard outing. "It's one of those situations where everybody can't be happy," Kiffin said. "You can't share the ball among four guys." That didn't stop Kiffin from listing four players as "co-starters" on this week's depth chart: Tyler, D.J. Morgan, Curtis McNeal and Dillon Baxter.

** Kiffin blamed himself for Matt Barkley's second-quarter interception against Utah, saying there was a "gray area in the read." Kiffin said the team didn't practice the play enough and that he shouldn't have called it.

** Kiffin again vowed to use more players against Syracuse. Defensive backs Nickell Robey and T.J. McDonald each played 73 snaps. "That's too many," Kiffin said.

** Kiffin said USC's man-to-man pass coverage is a concern and that the staff "may shake some things up at some spots" in the secondary. Robey and McDonald shouldn't be affected, but the other positions are open to scrutiny.

** Kiffin did not know the extent of left guard Martin Coleman's left shoulder injury. Kiffin did say that Coleman "did some good things when he was in there." Coleman made his first career start and played 22 snaps.

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